notes on Flume Trail at El Monte County Park

March 5, 2011

N 32 53.512 W 116 50.804 corner of main parking area at El Monte Park,
walking around parking area [53-512-50-804]

519-780 another corner

468-741 corner next to park office

455-768 last corner

[I go the the Flume Trail along the edge of the park]

I am walking W along the S side of the park

382-796! approximate center of parking area closest to the trail

53-414-50-992 entrance to free parking area for trail on other side of the
road

I'm walking around the parking area

436-21
472-14
462-975 entrance to parking area and parking for cars without trailers

[connect to 53-414-50-992! to delimit parking area

413-997 trail entrance near entrance to parking area

405-999

I cross the highway [El Monte Rd]

400-989

mileage here 0.69 miles

the trail turns R and runs next to the road

344-10 the trail turns away from the road

336-8

324-992 the trail starts up the hillside 0.78 miles

[numerous switchbacks, reading taken almost entirely at turns]

327-983
313-984
329-957
315-960
309-956
334-940
311-937
337-907
319-908
342-893
320-898
343-879
333-877 part of that last switchback

the switchbacks here are very short

341-868
337-869
341-859
328-866
338-849
323-860
332-836
326-842
330-827
319-836
335-814
321-808

switchbacks have ended, and the trail seems to contour here

301-756

53-282-50-739! trail starts to descend, and this is as far as I'm going today

mileage there was approximately 1.35

1.96 miles back at the bottom of the hill

[in the GPS, I survey El Monte Rd from the park entrance to the junction
with Lake Jennings Rd]

53-523-50-793
516-833
503-867
471-966
427-986
207-78
173-91
131-110
44-212
15-253
0-293
974-367
957-412
911-471
604-748
575-781
557-829
548-978
554-31
576-77
590-127
592-208
587-284
52-397-53-873
304-21
276-59
155-178
126-214
103-258
87-317
60-526
56-580
39-627
864-864
838-896
801-930
596-55!